MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018!

FIRST TERM BLOG TASKS

The First Term is almost over and there are some tasks you should have done:

• A wordcloud.
• A post about some rules.
• Glossaries of new vocabulary of units 0/1/2.
• Storytelling: a post about the story you chose, a comment about the project and  an audio.
• A post about Ireland and an image or a video related to Ireland.
• If you haven't done these tasks, UPDATE YOUR BLOG-PORTFOLIOS.
• Finally, write a paragraph in your blog-portfolios including your SELF-ASSESSMENT.

• What can I do that I couldn't do before?
• What did I like most?
• What did I do well?
• What did I do in English outside the class?
• What do I need to improve?
• What did I learn about culture?

DEADLINE : 15TH. DECEMBER.

GRAMMAR

ADJECTIVES ENDING IN -ED and -ING

• Adjectives that end in "-ed" describe emotions.They tell us how people feel about something.
• Adjectives that end in "ing" describe the thing that causes the emotion.

              example: A boring lesson makes you feel bored.

REVISING NUMBERS

          

25th. NOVEMBER

UNITE for International Day to end violence against women.

                                                                          

"SLAP HER": children's reaction. 

Watch this video, we'll comment it in class.

   

CULTURE

THANKSGIVING

In the United States "Thanksgiving Day" is a holiday on the fourth Thursday of November. It precedes Black Friday.It is traditionally a day for families and friends to get together for a special meal. The meal often includes turkey, stuffing, potatoes, cranberry sauce, gravy, pumpkin pie, and vegetables. Thanksgiving Day is a time for many people to give thanks for what they have.

BLACK FRIDAY
Black Friday is an informal name for the day following "Thanksgiving Day" in the USA which has been regarded as the beginning of the country's Christmas shopping season since 1952.

CULTURE

               IRELAND                               

It is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean to the west of Great Britain. It has two parts: Ireland, also known as the Republic of Ireland, and Northen Ireland, which is part of the U.K. It is often called "The Emerald Isle" because it has a temperate climate which produces very green countryside.

• Capital cities: Dublin (Ireland) and Belfast (Northern Ireland).
• Population: 6.4 million, of which 4.6 million live in Ireland and 1.8 million live in Northern Ireland.
• Ireland has many world-famous sites, including The Giant's Causeway and the Titanic shipyard, the cliffs of Moher and Trinity College library in Dublin.
• Some famous Irish people are: Oscar Wilde, James Joice and Samuel Beckett (writers), Pierce Brosnan and Collin Farrell (actors), Sinead O'Connor and Bono (singers)....

CULTURE

ROAL DAHL

Roald Dahl was a British novelist, writer of short stories, screen writer and fighter pilot. He was born in Wales on 13th September, 1916. Before writing he also served in the Air Force and fought in the World War II. He was a flying ace and also an intelligence agent. Known as one of the greatest storytellers for children, he was in the list of ‘The 50 greatest British writers since 1945’.

Dahl’s books involve imagination and fantasy and they were humorous too. His first book for children was ‘The Gremlins’. His book most loved by children is ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’. This was made into two films; one was Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ in 1971 and ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ in 2005. Another famous work is ‘Matilda’ published in 1988 which was made into a movie in 1988. Some other books of Dahl are "Fantastic Mr. Fox" (1970) and the movie in 2009, ‘The Minpins’ (1991), ‘The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me’ (1985). Some short story collections are ‘Roald Book of Ghost Stories’ (1983), ‘Two Fables’ (1986), ‘The Roald Dahl Treasury’ (1997).

Roald Dahl died on 23rd November, 1990 due to a blood disease in Oxford, England. There is a Roald Dahl Children’s Gallery opened in his honor

PROJECT: Storytelling

In our English lesson we have talked about the importance of intonation when we speak a foreign language. Reading aloud short stories may help you a lot to improve your oral skills.

These are the steps you have to follow for this project:

• CLICK HERE and choose a story.
• Listen to the story as many times as you want.
• Try to repeat and record your voice with the sound recorder in your computer.
• Compare your pronunciation and intonation with the story you have chosen and make all the changes you consider in order to improve and get confidence.
• Send your recordings to your teacher's email.
• Write a new entry in your blog with the title of "Storytelling", then write the name of the story you have chosen and upload an image related to the story.
• Finally, write a comment about this project in your teacher's blog.

DEADLINE: 22nd. November.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BEST RECORDINGS :
- Montse Cruz Izquierdo.(3º A)
- Marina Román  Hernández.(3º A)
- Jesús Gómez Blanco.(3º B)
- Beatriz Sánchez García. (3º B)
- Esther García Calderón. (3º C)
- Pablo Moreno Barrios. (3º C)

GEOGRAPHY

NEW VOCABULARY TO DESCRIBE NATURAL DISASTERS

HALLOWEEN : 31st. OCTOBER

"THIS IS HALLOWEEN" 

CULTURE

FROM CHILD TO ADULT

In our English lesson we have read about growing up in Australia and New Zealand. Around the world, children become adults at different ages,but the celebrations aren't always the traditional family parties. In some countries, there are rites of passage ceremonies to mark the change from child to adult. These ceremonies can be very painful, but they teach teenagers the importance of survival.

We have read about:

• Australian walkabout.
• Maori Ta Moko.

Here you can read some information about Australia and New Zealand.

AUSTRALIA

• It's the sixth largest country in the world.
• The capital city is Canberra but Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide are bigger than the capital.
• The population is around 22 million.
• A lot of the land in Australia is desert and it is called the outback.
• There are a number of animals which are only native to Australia: kangaroo, koala, emu, platypus and wallabies.

NEW ZEALAND

• It is made upof two main islands: The North Island and The South island.
• The capital city is Wellington but Auckland is bigger.
• The population is around 4.5 million.
• "The Lord of The Rings" films were filmed there.
• One native bird is the kiwi and people from New Zealand are sometimes given the nickname Kiwis.

                                        

RULES: modal verbs

         

We are reviewing "modal verbs": HAVE TO, MUST, CAN, COULD, SHOULD and OUGHT TO. 

In our English class we have been speaking about some rules in different countries about the age that young people can get married, drive a car, ride a moped, get tattoos or a piercing, as well as things that young people must or   mustn´t do at school or at home.

The task you have to do in your blog is:

• Write the title of the entry: RULES
• Choose one country: Spain, the UK or the USA.
• Write eight sentences using modal verbs about some rules in the country you have chosen.
• Some of the topics can be: school, driving a car,  riding a moped, calling teachers by their first names, sports......

            

GEOGRAPHY: Scales

DEADLINE: 8th. December

WORD CLOUD

Start your blog/ portfolio creating a word cloud.

Follow these steps:

• Write words related to feelings or about the subjects you have this school year or new vocabulary and expressions you have learnt in the Starter Unit.
• Be original and creative because we'll make an exibition with them.
• Don't forget to leave the background white because it will be better to print them.
• Enjoy yourselves guys!!!

DEADLINE: FRIDAY, 13TH. OCTOBER

PHYSICAL AND HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

This is the presentation that your teacher of geography has shown you in class to teach you the difference between physical and human geography. 

CLICK HERE: WHAT´S GEOGRAPHY?

Have a look at the presentation again and complete the information to make descriptions.

Use these speaking tips  and expressions to describe pictures.

DEADLINE: 8th. December

REGULAR VERBS PRONUNCIATION

Watch this video to practise pronunciation. First, listen and then repeat. You´ll improve using the simple past of regular verbs.

SCHOOL YEAR 2017-18

Hello again guys! New school year, new friends, new subjects and new projects in English, P.E. and Geograhy.

Get your portfolios/blogs ready and start with hapiness and do things enthusiastically.

I WISH YOU HAPPY SUMMER HOLIDAYS!!!

MUSIC & ENGLISH

SONGS FOR CHILDREN

These are the songs you have recorded in Music lessons with your teacher Ana.You have done it really well and I'm sure you have had fun. Congratulations !!!

I hope you will enjoy watching the videos !!!

   

ENDING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR

School year 2016-17 is almost over and there are some tasks you should do:

- Update your blog-portfolio if you haven't done it yet.

- Write a brief paragraph in your blog-portfolio including your

         

            ENGLISH / P.E. / MUSIC / CHEMISTRY  

        FINAL SELF- EVALUATION

DEADLINE: Thursday 22nd.

THE PRESENT PERFECT

P.E AND ENGLISH PROJECT

SPORTSMEN/ SPORTSWOMEN and SPORTS

SPORTSMEN AND SPORTSWOMEN:

- Sergio García (Spain) - Golf

- Mireia Belmonte (Spain) - Swimming

- Ruth Beitia  (Spain) - High Jump- Athletics

- Kilian Jornet (Spain) - Mountain Trail Running

- Gisela Pulido (Spain) - Kitesurf

- Toni Bou (Spain) - Motorcycle Trials Riding

- Javier Fernández (Spain) - Figure Ice Skating

- Amaya Valdemoro (Spain)- Basketball

- Marc Márquez (Spain) - Motorcycle Riding

- Dori ruano (Spain) - Cycling

- Miguel Indurain (Spain)- Cycling

- Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Spain) - Tennis

- Blanca Fernández Ochoa (Spain) - Alpine Skiing

- Jonah Lomu (New Zealand) - Rugby

- Michael Schumacher (Germany) - F1 Racing Driver

- Earvin "Magic" Johnson ( USA) - Basketball

- Magnus Carlsen (Norway) - Chess

- Serena Williams (USA) - Tennis

GUIDELINES

-  Make pairs.

-  Your P.E teacher will give out the sportsmen and sportswomen’s names.

-  You´ll search for information on the Internet.

-  Select the information, write it down and send it to your English teacher to be marked.

-  Create a prezzi presentation with the following sections:

-Brief biography: personal information, sports career, main achievements.

-Give some sport information: rules, equipment, facilities…

-A video of a few minutes (about two minutes) where we can see the sportsman/woman practising the sport.

-  When the prezzi is finished, e-mail it to your P.E and English teachers and upload it on your blog.

-  You will present your project in the English lesson and your P.E. teacher will ask you some questions about it in the P.E. lesson.

-  We will assess your oral skills, fluency, originality, writing skills and your manner of presentation.

-  Deadline to send the written project: 16^thMay.

- The presentations will begin on 22^nd May.

PREZI PRESENTATIONS

SPORTSMEN/SPORTSWOMEN

Click on the names to see the prezi presentations.

2º A/B

-"MAGIC JOHNSON
- MAGNUS CARLSEN
- SERENA WILLIAMS
- DORI RUANO

I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT AND LEARN A LOT GUYS!!!!!

  

REMEMBER

This is to revise comparative and superlative adjectives

MODAL VERBS

ENJOY EASTER HOLIDAYS!!!

SELF-EVALUATION SECOND TERM

Write a paragraph in your blog/ portfolio including your English/ Music / P.E self-assessment.

The following questions can help you:

- What can I do that I couldn't do before?

- What did I do well?

- What did I like most?

- What do I have to revise?

- What did I learn about culture?

- What do I need to improve?

- What did I do in English outside the class?

THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORT GUYS !

RAPPING PROJECTS

Most of the raps are well done, CONGRATULATIONS!!!

You can watch and listen to them in the links below. 

- BEATRIZ, HÉCTOR, CARMEN, ALICIA

- MARIO, MIGUEL, DAVID

- CONCHI, MARÍA, IKER, ADRIÁN 

- RODRIGO, TONI, JOSÉ MANUEL, ADRIÁN 

- ALEX,ISABEL,RAFA

- MARINA, CARLOS, CRISTINA





IMPORTANT: Publish your rap on your own blog!

SPORTS IN THE USA

Clarisa has made a prezi explaining  the most important sports in the USA: baseball, basketball, American football and ice-hockey. 

To see it again click here: SPORTS IN THE USA

GOT TALENT !!!

"Britain's Got Talent" started in 2007. There are now similar shows in more than 55 countries around the world.

In these programmes people are allowed to sing, dance, play an instrument, do magic tricks or anything else that they think they are good at.

WATCH THIS VIDEO: 5 Amazing Britain's Got Talent Auditions.

PROJECT:

- In this new project you'll have to watch videos of "Britain's or America's Got  Talent" and choose one or look for information on the Internet about people with special or amazing talent and create a prezi with the information and photos.

- Write a paragraph explaining the abilities that people have and send it to your English teacher to be corrected. 

- Then send the link of the video you have chosen or the prezi you have made to your English teacher.

- Post it on your blog.

- You can work on your own or in pairs.

- The project will be made in the English lessons.

RECORDINGS OF A CHAPTER OF         
"ALL ABOUT THE USA"

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I have listened to your recordings and in general, the result is quite good. Most of the students have made an effort. Go on practising to improve the reading skill.
The best recordings belong to:

 2º A

- Jesús

- Esther
- Monste

- Pablo M.
2º B

- Marina
- Beatriz
- Rodrigo
2º C

- Alicia 

- Adrián 

- Rafa

GRAMMAR: THE FUTURE

To practise THE FUTURE: 
- http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs-exercises

- http://www.englishexercises.org/

MUSIC AND ENGLISH PROJECT

                                                         RAPPING

 Guidelines:

 -Make groups of 3-4 students according to your teacher´s instructions.

 -Choose a topic:

Animals, clothes, feelings,months of the year, days of the week, body parts, hobbies, sports,objects, regular verbs.

-Make up a rap. To do this, you should invent simple sentences with rhyme. You can use homophone words, do you remember: book, look, boot?

-The composition should have 3 chorus (a part of a song repeated) and 3 strophes with 4 verses each one.

-Choose a track without lyrics (you can use internet), or you can do yours.

-Record the project with appropriate clothes: glasses, caps… (don’t forget to insert credits: tittle, made of…)

-Send it by email (only the link) to your teachers (Isabel and Ana). First, you should upload it to youtube in hidden mode and then copy the link.

-If have any doubt to do it , please tell us.

-We will assess the creativity, originality, sense, oral skills, presentation, teamwork.

DEADLINE: MARCH 3rd.                                           

PRONUNCIATION and ENTONATION

This new project has to do with improving pronunciation. 

Read the following instructions to do the project:

- It is individual.

- Each student will be given the chapter that he/she has to work on.

- Each of you is going to read and record one chapter of the book " ALL ABOUT THE USA".

- You'll have to listen to the audio as many times as you need and then practise reading aloud to improve pronunciation and entonation.

- When you think you are ready, read aloud the chapter  and record it.

- Pay attention to the punctuation and read slowly.

- When it is finished, email the audio to your English teacher.
- Write a comment on this blog telling your teacher the chapter you are going to record and your opinion about this project.

DEADLINE: 17th.February